SHULI AND MADI BORDER. 207 We turned our steps from Fadibék through Madi to Farajok, on Khor Limur, and after settling some boundary disputes among the Shuli tribes, we crossed Khor Atappi much farther up than last year, and arrived at Obbo, where the roads between Labore, Latika, and Fadibék meet. A compass bearing of Jebel Okirri, our old acquaintance of Liria and Latuka, completed my triangulation.

We are to go next to Laboré.

Lasort, May 26, 1881. We arrived here this morning. About nine hours’ march through hilly country overgrown with high grass brought us to Ogilli, a village in the Fanyiquara district, where the porters . were changed, in order to proceed as quickly as possible. The district of Fandiker, with its capital, Fagger, joins on to the above district, and their extensive corn-fields are also contiguous. As there were no large khors to cross, and the grass was not high enough to cause any difficulties, the march was quite pleasant. It has not rained here for a long time, and while the people, particularly in Fajulli, and we ourselves, have been complaining of excessive humidity and too much rain, it is the exact opposite here. At Derreto, a little village on the way, all our porters ran off, and only the kindness of Jata, the chief of the place, enabled us to reach the village of Kérefi on the same day; there we found our last year’s huts. When we entered the Fanyiquara district we had left the Shul behind us. We are now in the Madi country, which is a recent encroachment on the Shuli country from the west. The ground from Obbo to Keérefi, although crossed by many and sometimes rather high ranges of hills, gradually falls to the river; Kerefi itself lies considerably higher than Laboré, but this difference of altitude within so short a distance (three hours’ march) is amply accounted for by the steep face which the Kuitu hills present towards the Nile opposite Laboré.

My very limited time prevents me at present from making a map of my routes and working out my positions. Therefore, pray excuse the incompleteness of this narrative, which is only intended to give you some idea of my wanderings. That